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'Employers Should Look Into Getting Staff High Grade Masks' - Health Minister

Companies should look at providing employees who are close contacts with high-grade masks if they ne...
Ben Finnegan
Ben Finnegan

2:26 PM - 13 Jan 2022



'Employers Should Look Into Ge...

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'Employers Should Look Into Getting Staff High Grade Masks' - Health Minister

Ben Finnegan
Ben Finnegan

2:26 PM - 13 Jan 2022



Companies should look at providing employees who are close contacts with high-grade masks if they need to be in the office, says the Health Minister

The HSE said yesterday that it will not be providing FFP2 or N95 face coverings - despite NPHET recommendations for close contacts to use them.

Retailers across the country are reporting a shortage of the higher-grade masks with limited availability

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly says employers should look into purchasing higher grade masks to keep staff safe:

"My own view would be for testing or for masks - that it is something that employers could look at, and should look at.

"If it is something that is appropriate for people to be wearing in a workplace, and I would include public sector bodies in that too."



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